The Conduct of LifeHarcourt, Brace, 1951 - 342 pages Discusses the ultimate ethical and religious issues that confront modern man and offers a new orientation, directed to the renewal of life and the reintegration of modern civilization. |
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Page 155
... ethical evaluations and acts . Here lies the mistake of all pharisee- ism and to some extent one of the recurrent errors of religion itself . The vigilant application of ethical norms is essential in every living function ; but one ...
... ethical evaluations and acts . Here lies the mistake of all pharisee- ism and to some extent one of the recurrent errors of religion itself . The vigilant application of ethical norms is essential in every living function ; but one ...
Page 175
... ethical philosophies have sought to isolate and standardize the goods of life , and to make one or another set of purposes supreme . They have looked upon pleasure or social efficiency or duty , upon im- perturbability or rationality or ...
... ethical philosophies have sought to isolate and standardize the goods of life , and to make one or another set of purposes supreme . They have looked upon pleasure or social efficiency or duty , upon im- perturbability or rationality or ...
Page 325
... Ethical center , shift of , 124 Ethical conduct , doctrine of , 130 Ethical development , basis for , 250 Ethical doctrine , Schweitzer's , 213 Ethical philosophies , 175 Ethics , 123 , 131 Ethics and Civilization , Schweitzer's ...
... Ethical center , shift of , 124 Ethical conduct , doctrine of , 130 Ethical development , basis for , 250 Ethical doctrine , Schweitzer's , 213 Ethical philosophies , 175 Ethics , 123 , 131 Ethics and Civilization , Schweitzer's ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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